Men's Basketball Powers Past Suffolk 93-65
Behind a season-high 37 points from Armin Omanovic (Wilkesboro, N.C.), the Lasell men’s basketball team powered past Suffolk University, 93-65, on Tuesday evening inside Regan Gymnasium.
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
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47 | 46 | 93 |
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29 | 36 | 65 |
Team Stats
Suffolk
| Game Statistics | Lasell | Suffolk |
|---|---|---|
| Field Goals | (32-60) | (24-65) |
| Field Goal % | 53.3% | 36.9% |
| Rebounds | 41 | 32 |
| Assists | 14 | 13 |
| Turnovers | 9 | 9 |
| Pts off Turnovers | 11 | 15 |
| 2nd Chance Pts | 7 | 5 |
| Pts in the Paint | 42 | 14 |
| Fastbreak Pts | 11 | 3 |
| Bench Pts | 18 | 17 |
Omanovic shot 12-of-19 from the floor, making five baskets from downtown and 8-of-9 from the charity stripe, with six boards and six assists. Classmate John Powell (Ashland, Mass.) was next in line with 19 points on 6-of-8 shooting and 7-of-8 made baskets from the line, while Yordan Villalon (Miami, Fla.) led the Lasers defensively with nine grabs off the glass.
Suffolk's Michael Hagopian put up 20-plus points for the third time in the past four games, scoring 25 on a 10-for-15 showing from the floor and 2-for-4 effort from downtown. He was perfect at the charity stripe, 3-for-3, and contributed five boards on the glass.
Lasell poured on the pressure in just the first three minutes to put Suffolk in a 12-5 hole before the Rams used their first timeout of the night. Suffolk hung with the Lasers for the next few minutes and a pair of freebies from Thomas Duffy kept the distance at nine, 30-21. From there, the visitors charged ahead once again, however, this time using a 10-2 stretch to make it a 17-point game, 40-23. The deficit would remain as the teams headed into the locker rooms with the Rams down, 47-29.
In the opening of the second stanza, for every hoop Suffolk put in Lasell answered with a handful to maintain their hefty advantage. The Lasers went up by 20 at the 14:18 minute mark and took a 30-point lead, 67-47 just four minutes later.
Hagopian heated up late in the game, but the distance was too great to make up as Lasell took home the victory, 93-65.
Lasell shot over 50 percent (53.3) from the floor, just under 50 percent (45.4) from behind-the-arc and went 79.2 percent at the line, while Suffolk struggled from the field shooting 36.9 percent (24-65) and 31.6 percent (6-19) from the three-point line. The Lasers also held the advantage on the glass, 41-32, and scored nearly half of their points from inside the paint with 42.
The Lasers host Emmanuel College at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday for their next contest, while Suffolk competes in its last regular season home game vs Johnson & Wales on the same day at 1:00 p.m.